The acting is generally spot on, with perhaps a slightly wooden performance by Kid Kudi. It manages, through a cracking sound track and 'arty' but assured direction (there is some amazing imagery, for example how the Italian boy Fraser meets in bologna simply vanishes when Fraser turns his back to remember Cate). It is hard to see how anyone wouldn't be drawn to intense introspection, and longing for the past, when watching this show. I accept that maybe I'm the target demographic, and some of the themes speak to me through personal experience, but I imagine this is what everyone who watches it, regardless of background, feels. I can't praise this series highly enough.

It is profoundly realistic yet achingly wistful. The empathy it builds for every character is masterful, yet there are no villains. One of the finest pieces of television perhaps ever made.

Get ready for the incredible story of a lifetime from an incredible set of lads.Plaintive. What has it been like for them? What did they really think of each other when they first met? What inspires their song-writing? How do they handle life on the road and long breaks away from those they care about and love? And what do they think is next for them as a band who have achieved so much so quickly?īeautifully produced and filled with never-before-seen snaps, drawings and notes taking you behind the scenes of the creation of their music, their tours and their incredible friendship, One Direction are ready to lay themselves bare in a way we’ve never seen before. For the first time, the boys’ loyal fans will be given an unprecedented insight into all of it, from their humble beginnings and lives before the X Factor, to recording their first single, touring the world, winning awards, breaking records, and much, much more. From nervously auditioning for the X Factor and meeting each other for the first time, to filming their hit movie This Is Us and releasing their bestselling third album, Midnight Memories, it really has been one incredible journey. In their first in-depth autobiography, pop sensations Niall, Zayn, Liam, Harry and Louis tell the story of their lives.

For the first time EVER, global superstars One Direction are releasing their 100% official autobiography, offering a new, intimate insight into their lives as never before seen or heard!

Who we are now cast